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7-22-1941

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DEFINITELY - NEXl PARTY SATURDAY, /\IJC';IJST 2 SEE S1tJH'/ '11.f l?

Published weekly by the Embry-Riddle Company

!fol. 2 July 22, 1941 No. 14

E M B R Y - R I D D L E I S 0 N E F A M l L Y I !

Denr Kids, fro tlr.i to t inc co?:les tt c objection that the FLY PAPER <'o.r-l'"ie oo r:uch n ws a.b~ut the Teel School, or abo•.1.t Carlstrom in Arcadia or nbolt on >f Uc various other bu~c:.,- this should not be, childron _ ~o rnntter \'h(r<.. our baso is located, it's o. po.rt of your coMpo.ny, undor. ~-he dir ction c:f tl e s· • r;roup of officio.ls,- o.nd m0r and more your friends, the .ploy~es, stu1er.ts and gr~duo.tc of the co:.ipu.ny are bAir: ~ r·ssi ·n d to difforont brts s so thai; EVElWmrn sho..tld knm·1 BOMEONE at

'l.Cl bo.., , o.nd for that rens"m, should have a par:;ono.l inturest in t.he OJ.Ctivitics around that base. · '

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r" na: invP ticfl+-ion is situ on th otl'._r d y by r.::~ing a. hw·r· d trip o Car ... stro t':_ 1 to se "ust how 1"'1.ny Qf t local lo.1 :nd l~ssics w could s e . here,- CI_AJi.L~E EB S dr ~d u~ out of

bed in the wee z;ma. ... l :rourl": cf the I'IOrning and flMv us to Arcadia. in his

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EMBRY-RIDDLE

F L Y P A P E R "Stick To It 0

Published weekly by The F..mbq•-Riddlc School of Av.iation

M.ia.m.i, Florida

Riddle Aeronautical Institute Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida

••• JOHN PAUL RJDDLE, PRESIDENT

F. C. "Bud" Belland, Editor

••• Associate Editors

c. K. Rexrode {Seaplane Division Ad Thompson Hiami, Florida

Don Watson { Technical School

Howard Beu.el Div1sion

Jack Flowers Hiami. Florida

Dale Delancy { U.S. Ar~ Pri~ary

~ate Reese School Hidd le ie-ro

Jnstitute Mr. Every Car Lstroa; fie J.d,

Arcadia. Plorido

Jock Hobler { Land Divis ion Tom Hi lbish }fiami Hun ic i pal

Bob Johnston Airport

Rey Fahringer I Staff Ar-tists Betty Meyer \.

Charlie Ebbets - Sta.ff Phot ographe1"

E D I T 0 R I AL

ADOUT OUR BOSS * * '*

For nonths, we've been ·wanting to write a little story ~bout Boss Hiddle, but he u.lwnys says, "Oh,

o, - you write about the other bovs!' Ckuy, Doss, but this time we're r;oing to disobe~· ardors,-

Ba.ck in the old days, John Po.ul Riddle built his company up to one of the bi c;est nam"'s in avintion,­then sold out a.nd tried to retir0, but you co.n' t n ti re n ma.n with i.Jens, a.no he was al •:uys thinking ..bout the biri_rcst air school in ri...-r.ericn. So he cot b'lc- ': into tho industry, und ht.. ~ builclin~ tho birgrst aviation school in tlu country,- once ugr\'i.n Er.bry-Riddle i.s becominr" a word rnd on orro.ni­z.ation which r.oans sor cthin~ in

Vl'ry pl •icu .1here n ·n fly, or tn.lk of flying! We riirht wonder why Embry-Riddle is able to £TOW ::;o fnst and so ·ure,- the Boss tolls us "It's tlw ncn an<l worrnn in the 01'ganization.

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dn're, suro,- but thero's somel;11ing ~lse, too,- it's tho Lcacership a. ran must have to inspire nen to f::>llow rim,- u.e vision he m•tst h<lve to drorun into the futur and t:Ulticiputo trends nnd do~nnds,-and thoso lon{; hours or work when

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oth~r men are sl~epinr,- but those nrc the obvious- - -we like to think that it's the littlJ thinr:s t o, which rr-udc o. success BIG,- we'v sc ~n I thl' Boss hold up a long distance call to phon(.. tho nirport und concratu-latc a studE:'nt on his first solo; }H 1 11 walk clf1nr nround o. hru.go.r to

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At the Mess Hall , where we hn.d our ovm breo.l:fnst , was Chase "Pop" Gillen, the Steward and maestro of all food a.t Carlstrom ••• and a situation, if we call him "Pop" in the Fly Pa.per , he's going to bo mnd, - nnd if we don ' t , Charley nnd Ray are e;oing to l>c mud ••• the !10.T.lO was started by his /i

son- in- law, JACK lruNT ••• Mister Gillen told us p many interestinc stor ies about the Britist ca.tlcts , -thoy love lo.rob stow, but won ' t oat corn , to th<=lm it; ' s cattle feed , but they don ' t know \ ;\ what they' re missing ••• how about introducing ~ them to corn on the cob? , with plenty of salt -and butter ••• yurnmie ••• the mess hall is in the process of being doubled in size ••• and tho new addition will have rocre:ationo.l facilities for the colored waitcrs ••• "Pop" is justly proud of his v.raiters ••• M. D. LANCASTER, the head waitor , teaches in tho Negro high school and the othe?" boys arc ushers and sinE;ers in tha Arcadia Negro church •••

In the Administratior.. buildinE; we saw GLEN KUin.. , up f r om Miruni on i n­surance business ••• a.nd met TOM "HOUSEKEEPER" DAVIS , the superintendent of grounds and buildings ••• ground school classes were just out as we passed thru tho Canteen ••• and all the instr uctors wer e gathering ar ound for a "coke", •• Chief Instructor SID PFLUGER was ther e with refr esher student CHUCH ZEMAN (who likes snakes) , and Motrologist LARRY WALDEN who cautiously predicted tha.t it "might r ain'' despite tho dovmpour out­side ••• it had been raining for 5 days , too , and Theory of Flight( - ologist) DOUG HOCKER and BILL "The Greatest Fisherman in Florida" HART sue;gosted using the Sikorski S- 38 ' s for training purposes •••

After the rain we star";cd for the hangnrs ••• and were passed by ED CHINA who was walking so fas~ that we presumed he was cha.sing LEN POVEY •••

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standing bet~een the hangars wore JACK HUllT and BILL MCDOUGALL and GEORGE DUDLEY :rho introduced us to new refresher studnnt A. L . "Lee" HARRELL, o.n ex- reporter on tho Norfolk News- Index and the Washington Times Her­ald ••• Leo hns pror:iised to send down some news copy ••• Bill McDougall ba.ve us a long story about fishing in Pur.to. Gordo. , then ''hem:ned and ha.wed11 a ­round o. little bit, bcgo.n grinning tl.en soiling, and finally , so ha.ppy about the whole thing that he couldn ' t keep o. secret a?\,v longer, he told us the NEViS , -- in about 6 nonths , and if it ' s a boy, his nruno will be WilliamTcDougnll , the 4th ! ••• Congre.tulntions , Bill? •••

IA'>wn on the hnngar a.pron one St1?a.rnmn PT- 17 was on the line, and £bbets was on tho Steannun, nctuallyl ••• with shirt off, hat on backwards , Charlie Wll.S straddling the tail of the PT, to.king pictures of Dule Dela.nty in the front cockpit giving h::tnd signal:i to illustrate the new 11 book" ••• in tho gallery was Jll~ 0 11lARA, one of' the British students, from Clnr agh, Newton Purk Avenue , Black Roel: , County, Dnblin, Ireland ••• back home O' Hara. was a co.mrr.tircial artist • • • ho so.id tho Dritish boys ull liked the Fly Papor but thouc;ht they should be rnorv nctive in its publi­cution ••• to start the bell rollin;, he gavo us a couplo or cartoons , one of which will bo uued in this issue ••• about Cnrlstrom Field, he said "Everything is ' 0kny' ,- it ' s perfcct ! " ••• just bnck of us were the founda­tions for new hanga~&i . 3lld tied down were the Stinson 105 and Trainer #12 from Minmi Municipal ••• we went into Hangnr ~ nnd t ei.lked to JOE HORTON, superintendent of mechanical rmintenanc , about the Tech School grads who nre up there as Cre\I Chiefs ••• says Joe , "Thoso boyf; show def­inite ability to tako over and do the V1ork botter than anyone else I've ever seon. " • • •

Hnncing around tho h'lllPar we net the great Sgt . BARRON, and later , SQUIRE

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-~-- GATES , A .. "10 POTTER S11ITII, a. new refresher i'rom Paducuh, Ky . , and G. l','JLLIS TISO!~ and GEORGE "Yord Bird" ECKART who had just arrived from l1iami and wns staying with GORDOil MOUGEY ••• o.nd be.ck \;o the Liess Hall whore \':o sa.w BILI. 11cCURDY, ROSCOE BRINTON and BROOK HARPER ••• and -:·1hnta lunch (? )-­Tomato Juice , Sulnd, baked hnm with glazed ?ineo.pplo , squash, potatoes , rolls , butter , iced ten and lemon meringue pie ••• o.nd the' call that lunch! ••• It wns raining again, and r.11 the gnng wns huddlint; under the

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awning a.round the pool ••• FRANK ·lfllEELE.'R WfJ5 rnnning around u..'tder o. big beach umbrella ••• What will be le.ugh of t;ho week a.ronncl Carlstrom is when CARROLL HOUSE gots his dunking in tho pool. •• C:l.rroll c:ot !!lo.rr icd on the 12th, and all the guls , includinG Ko.y Bra~litt , Lydia and Dezcl Sammons , Stacia Dozier o.nd Mabel Mercer are just vro.iting to c!A.tch him off guard ••• he got avmy again today , but they swear they ' 11 dunk hi::1 an extrn time for co.ch es co.po he nakcs ••• better got it over vri th, Carroll !

Business finished , Charlie headed into Arcadia where we met ED WELLES , just back from a visit to lUami and fishing in the to Nate Reese in his office at the ARCADIAN ••• and met OOC . NETHERY and SAM HOTTLE in the dr ugstore ••• enroute hone , stopped for a minute and talked with MRS . HOOKER PARKER nnd FAYE WEI,LES at Uncle Hooker ' s r anch ••• passed DORR FIELD ••• and about 25 milos from Arcadia sa.vr Sgt . Barron and Sid Pfluger and n gung fr~~ Carlstron fishing in tho rain ! ••• and so , buck to Miami nnd the Main Office on the so.mo day •••

* * AROUND THE TECH SCHOOL AND MAIN OFFICE

By Howard Bea2el and Don Watson

Guard Bill hloDougal can ' t understand why Jake Lacinak is doing all the crowing around here because he is the father of a do.ughter . Mac says he is goint; to be a grandfather t-.':ice within the next fow nonths .

Webster Br ight , ALM studont, whose number is 98 in school , had his dr aft number pulled in the 98th drawing in Washington, July 18th.

Reoso# Feldman o.nd Pennock left for Cnrlstron Field to keep 'em flying for the R. A. F •

• Jim McShnno $ays that ho has so many wings to r epair in the Airc r!l.ft Dept . he reals he should have a pair too . (Feathers don ' t stand up well under heat) .

Received a letter f r om Gaston Cooke (former sheet metal inspector for the Tech . School) who said he is working at Glenn L. Martin in the ex­per imental dept . \'/i th him went graduo.te students John$on , Portor and

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c. c. carpenter . Leaving here the 5th of July ~nd a r rived in B~ltimore the 6th (low flying) applying for a job on the 7th, going to work o:i the 8th . Cooke rcceiv~c} .n rating of Aircraft Sheet Metal worker , 2nd Clo.ss which pays 65¢ per hour . The other boys got helpers jobs at 55¢' ner hour . They work 7t hours a duy and receive pay for 8 hours . Altman, Boring, Hufftla.n, Knowles , Trcntoseau , Chitwood and Martin (no relation) are also working at Glenn L. Martin Plant .

Uew enrollments at the Tech School inclJ e , - Welding : Richard J . Sibley , Kiefer Breeding , A. D. Edwards , Richard J . Lally, Edward F . Ensey , John D. Emory , Hen!"y Ertelt, Jr .; ~rcra.ft a. c! .... •1gine mechanics : H. R. Perez , Bour Brown, Jo.ck w. Price , Donald E. 11.'\mpton, and Herbert g . Nix ; Sheet Metal : Janes D. Sanders , J . W. Moore , John R. Ash , C. Beo.uliou , Janos T. Pyott (tho bowler) , ruid W. Scha.llorn ; Aircraft En6incs: Arnon Taylor , A. H. Richey , J r., Bruce Whit.:: , Recs~ Thomp5on and \'l . 13 . Whitman ; Instr unent Technician : Bob Pearl , Henry ll . ilartugni , Clauda Est.JS and John L. Quigloy; Airline Ue.inteno.nco : Hubert T. Radford , Robert E. Yinldron , Bill Collins and Dale E. ?e'terso:;; Ai:rcro.ft Drafting and Dcsig:i: Edwnrd F. Dra.tz and Tredwell K. Lyle; Celestial No.vir;ntion : Peter Ordway and G. VI. Haffner. Quite an a'idition to the fn.."':lily , fellows , - welcome

in! * • * Visiting the MunicipRl Base and Tech School this week was old employee and friend LYNELLE RABU~I , now with the Nutione.l Guo.rd at Cn:np Blo.nding. Lynelle wns dovm for a few days leo.vc ,-but says his tcn:i of service will be up next month p.nd hopes to return to EI:lbry- Riddlu Company .

* * * Many thanks to Popular l:lechnnics li.ago.zino , -last month when they hnd too many copies shipped into tho Miruni ar ea, the publishers dir~ctod the local dist r ibutors to give thorn to some loco.l n~tionul def~nsc nGcncy ,­so D:ibry-Riddlo received 504 copies of this fine maga­zine , nll of which were distributed to tho s t udents at tho various bases . Mo.ny thanks ~

* "' * P .s . David Shackelford will be in Mond•i.y to to.kl3 o. course in nluminum wdding .

* * * Vie have just a.bout torn the town apart finding the right spot for Mac Lowery ' s bachelor dinner and now that its set , it ' s safe to say it will be held at Tommy Hands Inn on the trail Tues do.~/ night . Steak dinner , the usual bRd jokes about mnrrin~e and what it entails . He really is a lucky stiff to gr ab off Harriot Erpenbcc!c . Nice girl , extra nice lookinG

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••• but she c:m't cook nnd admits it . So whnt, you can ' t have everything. Best to you both and lotn of it .

* * * Congro.tulutions to J . Gordon Holt, A~E studont , for hi:; .,rise choice of both Avi~tion School nnd girl . Mnrrint;o no less , as of about tho 5th or July in Coral Go.blcs to Miss Elizubcth Drub-:ker of the old home tovm or Roanoke , Virginia . Gordon 's Dud, I.1othcr, Fianceo ond Hubert Radford drove dovm for tho event nnd v:o hco.r tho new team or Eolt and Holt are holding fort in a house not far fro~ the Tech School . All the best to you both und if any ho:.:e cooking is brewing in the Holt household , count us in for some bride's biscuits .

* • * ~ Somo time ago wo told of' Royal lfort , ono of our transient friur ls ,-truly a moder.i soldior of f'ort'..ine . A letter lo.st week outlined some of his moves since his visit to Embry Riddle . Trnin from here to Jackson­ville; EAL to New Y~rk; Steamer to Halifax, l! . S .; Boffiber to ? in England ; Cattle boat to Lisbon after a four day rust (?) in London ; re­turning convo:,· ship , almost crnp"!;y ; back to Halifax ; fourteen hour do.sh to California in so:-iething pretty hot ; another dash bfl.ck to Canada with a nm-, Lo:nber for B1·it::i.h:. ; What u ::mn!

* * * A memo on our desk from Peter Ordway,-110n Tuesday evening at 7 :00 , Embry-Riddle inaugurates a course of which we ' re really proud . Captain F..nrry Sonl)da.lo , ex- whaler nnd holder of an unlimited l.fo.ster ' s Ticket (the highest th~rc is) will skipper the course in celestial nnd Rodio ?favi­ention. Successful complotion o!' this course will qualify you to navi­gnto anything on the son or in the o.ir . Enroll tonight !"

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.~ .$) ·~" givinl) t.he night student body so much. ~~ ~~ trouble has abated , but the scroenn for

~J .) r the vrindows will be forthcoming at ~~ ·, once if not sooner ! So beur with us ~~~ ~ for a few days nnd ev~rything will bo ~7~ ' ') okydokey and cool .

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MENTIONING MUNICIPAL By J ack Hoble r

A fa.rowoll dinner party was thrmm for BILL JASTER o. weol: ago S'..llldny evening at the home of Lieut . and Mrs . Van Burgin . It turnce out to be n "fend 11 party , tho , with the consumption of four deliciously cooked chickens . liost s turtling eve!'lt of the 0vc:1ing was tho a.nnouncc?:tent by JACK WANTZ that he would na.rry miss Ma.ry Leo in Septumber ' II SO!ile\1hcre in Michigo.:1 . 11 Congratulations tc Jo.ck,- n.nd we ' re all sorry to see Jaster leave us . Keop in touch, fellah!

* * * I.1unicipal \73.S honored over the week- end of the 12th o.nd 13th by the ,,j sits of CLETE HUFF a.!1d l'ru:iily , and KAY BR.A!.iLITT and party, down from Curlct!"on Field . Clote , :>..fter a. vi::iit to the Soo.pl:mo Bnse f'or i is first flight on i'loo.l:;s , decided that a C\1b sen.plane is just what he needs for thoso fishi!'lg trips .

... * • Our now Primary CPTP cla.ss presented its first solo pcrtorrr.ance wl.en WARREN BRUl!LIK wo.s turned loose by Instructor Go.rdnor Royce on Tuesday . '.'•h\rron 1ao.de threo takc:offs and l!mdini:;s j n g;ood style . Llany congr atu­lations ! As his follow students followed hi:""i in soloing curing 'the rest of tho ivoel~ , tho hope a.rose that the class wouldn •t forget the age old o.viation custor.i of buyin~ the instnlCtor o. "first solo" presont !

* * ~ A very welcome nddition to the ~~unicipa.l Base is ~he lone sought- after automatic Coca- Cola cooler- dispenser which was in­stalled Thursday . Its greatest nsset is tho saving of tho long , lon£ walk to Flight ' s End Ci:u'<=> for refreshment . liow we expect that we of the more sedenta.ry personnol (Operations Crow) will grow even fatter thru lack of exercise . In­cidentally , tho "Coke" machine was i n ­sta lled by the Pilot 1 s Association, who v:ill uso the profits thcrefrora to help defray expanses on the monthly Pilot ' s dinncr ,-so spare not those nickel s ~

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Our list of pulchd tudinous students continues to grow w'i th the r egis­-:ration of lliss Gene Ke.thr:-rn Smith , of Mie...":li. Gono is te.kinr; instruction

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from Charlie Barnhardt in her cousin Bruce CHtl in' s Cub Coupe . Lovely to 1001::: at nnd dolir:.htful to tr.lk to,- she ho.s lived in Miami all her life ,- und has a. brother who owns his own plane . Woll she ' c e;etting flyine; instruction from one of the best in the business , rmd we might say that Chnrli~ hus one of the uost uttrnctivo pupils he ' s ever 1mgglcd a. stick for .

* * * The V/ondor of the Week l'lEl.S vritten all over i:.iA3TO?l 0 1 NEAL 1 S face when he couldn ' t imaeine why the Waco landed so fast . Somehow, the wind wa.s coing the same direction he "ms ! (Shall re nickno.me hin " Dmmuind 11 or just hc~ve him look at So.m LiE;htholJ.er ' s illustrated Sa.t"'oty Thour:;ht on the Alumni Club News pne;e?)

JOO. IE BRICKELL crune dushing into Opor::itions Office Wcdncsdu.y , pop- eyed ruld incoherent ,- it sooms some f8llow hnd just chascu Jimmiu llnd the Fair­child off ona of the ~uxiliory fie l ds , using hursh words and a crowbo..r o.s per sunders . Investi r;ation shO'.·red th~t the fuvy ' s loo.so on the field had oxpircd u month ugo , und with it went our use of tho field , up to that tine a courtesy provided by the iit.vy. iYi th thll t fi 1 d gone , - we 1 re casting longing ~yes at another airport now U!ltter construction in thut neck or the woods . Could be--- ?

,.. * * Thrill o~" the Week,- was the arr ..:.val of 11 Curtiss P- 40 ' s at the Army base at the south end of our field . How those boys had to " feather" their rudde r s Hhen they set tho::;e firec r ackers dov:n ! One cf thei r pilots tol d us that the tako- off torque vro.s onout;h to slow- roll you across the nirport i r you di du ' t get m-tn: r udder quickly 1.mough . So:ne ships !

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The now Cr oss Country c our se i s f inal ly under wo.y ,- vrith fl i ght "A" t bcinc tho first students to co uloft Fr iday mor ning with Jack Wa."ltz. This cour~e , sponsored by the gover nment under the Civilian Pilot Train- J ing Prog-run, r;i.,es q•1al ified students 46 hours of flying time in the Stinson "Reliant" a t no expens e except for $ 20 . 00 to cover insur ance

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and flight stud~· kits - a rare bargain in a.ny ma.n ' s language. we 1 d say .

Bein!'.' n co"'pl et el,, n<>l" co11rse to evl'!r:1one concerned, - there \';ere r.any humorous occuranccs . Fer instance ,- tho Relio.nt radio hnd to be relicensed and it was a coI!llllo,n scene to observe C. VI . Tinsley on the wast side of the hangar tryinc to l'lhip his clnsc into rncnto.l shape, while on the east _,idc of tho Hanenr , Jack Yfa.ntz v:as pl ending~ threatening nnd browbeating around the bush tryinG to get C.A. A. Inspector Bill Hutchins to speed up relicensing bu:;iness ••• o.nd Luubh of the ~/eek v:ns on Ktn:rKEL nnd STA11LEY ·who arrived sli£htly before dnvm on Tuesday to take the"ir first flit;ht, only to lenrn that the ship still wasn't ready ••• but thnt's nll fixed no\/ , - o.nd tho boys arc f;Oi!l{; to town !

The cross country class is divided into four flights, under Ylnntz is "A" Flight, includ:nr; Pollard, Kunkel and Stanley, nnd "B" Flight , including Brovm, Close un<l Folund ; Under T insloy is "C" Flight , including lkLachlan, M·~rshall nnd Baker , and "D11 Flight , incl udini; Burch, Sutton and. Gilmore .

* * "' Line crr::wrmn LA.HRY HOLT he.s been on the sick list for tho past fe•·r days . Our best wishes for a speedy recovery, Larr~· , - hurry bnck , '\":e need you !

* * * De1'ini ti on of the week co.mo from Ray Norton, who says "An uncouth per­son is one \'tho doosn ' t pnrdon hi.'nself \Then he crosses controls . "

* * * A lot of new flit;ht students around the old Base this week, - JANET LEIGHTON, 18-year old dauf;hter of Commander Leighton, President of Inter­continent Aircraft Corporation, who is talcing a 50 hour private pilot ' s course . "Jan" is a sophmore nt Sarah Lawrence Collet;o, Bronxville, U.Y. , studyin~ history nnd English, specializing in painting.--Shc "looks" like n mighty good studunt !

Other enrollees in the flight division arc Gus Dorr , of our advertising finn , Parsons , Dorr and Hume , private pilot , Bob Greer and Ray Beverage, sccondnr.v rcf'roshors , Lorna Simpson, cor.unorc ia.l ground school , Opal Hempste~d, private license (hsr husband ' s n C~nst Guard officer) , W. R. Daniels and Bob Green, two Airlino Maintenn.nce students from Tech School g~ttinz Lheir solo pcnnits before they lu~vo for Carlstrom Field, Charlie Roberts, dual check J'or commercial ticket, Don Robbins , check time for instructor's rating, and Cliff Skirvin , flirht instructor's t;round School.

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..---------S P E C I A L NOTICE 'f}IE NEXT COMPAllY DA.."'lCII!G PARTY:

Rnin or shine ,-the next party for Embry- Riddle e~ployees, stu­d nts nnd friends ".Till be held SATURDAY afternoon e.ne evening, August 2, ct 1.o.cFuddcn 1 s Deau-.rillc, 6701 Collins Avenue , IJiarni Bench, with the follo~nnG procral:'I in order : l to 6 P.:.,., swir..ir.ing in th'3 surf or Deauville pool, cnbo.nas

and towels i\1rni sned . 6 to 7 P • .M., buffet supper , with plenty of cood food . 7 to 12 '!:liclnigl'!t , do.nci!lt; under the sters on tho Clipper Deck . And th11 Cost? - - ONLY 75¢ per person, which includes the sv::im:"ling, supper nr.d dancing ! Come curly and stay late ,- end PLI:ASE buy your tickets early, in advance ! The Ticket Cor.1mi t­tee is as 1'ollov1s: Mn in Office , Don Watson and .Uucl Rella.nd; Tech School, Bill McDougall and Dot Schooley ; 1.~unicipo.l Bu.i::e , Jack: Hobler, Julian Stanley and Elaine Devery ; Soil.plane Du.sv , C. K. Rexrode; Arcadia. , Carlstrom F:ield , Dn.1~ !)olwity und i~ay Bramlitt . Sec these kids for yo~r tickets ,- and PLEASE buy them early so we 1 ll kno•·: how mnny suppors to order !

PRIMARY C P T P NEWS By Tom Hilbish

The Primary class is right 11 on the beam.11, and up to this writing, five

of the la.rls hnve made thair first solo fli..;hts. First to attain that honor· Ml.S WA..•mm1 DP.ULLICK , v;h0 mo.do his 11 l onosone 11 flight. cxac tly on the 8 hour s of ninir.n.un r equired dual. Wa?"ron, now 25, wo.s born in Chicago , n.ttended ?lorth-.vestcrn University f'0r throe yonrs and is novr running u business under tho DuPont B~ilding in 1.Hnni (your guess is as c;ood o.s mine ! ) 'I\vo days before he soloed, he got himself engaged,- one rlo.y bcfor ho solcod , he received his Quostionn,.iro ,- all congro.tulntions to n. guy what Cb.n solo under those ho.ndico.ps !

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" Two Forty ocre fiolds to c!'loosc fro1'l , - a.nd .!. couldn • t maka up my r.1ind ! 11

f rom U. S. Nav:.i.l Air Stution SKY WRIT:::R , July 11 , 1941

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Second to solo wa.::; JOHN FCUCHE, a 20-year old native Mirunian , who took 9 and ·t hnlf hours of dual instruction. John a.ttcnded the U of M for two years , where he ::w.jored in Business Ad.""tinistration , and was a :meriber of the Kcppa Si(71la. fraternity ar.d tho University Sy::iphonic bo.nd . He S\1ore the motor was missing on his solo , but Les Bowman investigated anri all concernt:>d decided it wns just an old familiar t:-ick of "too loud l.cartbcats" froquc ntl~r experienced on first solos .

Third to solo wns KENNY KNISKERH, 19 , 9 : 20 dual , sophmoro nt tho Univer­sity of Florida. where he is r.lajoring in Business Administration. Kenny carried ThRBE rabbits ' feet on his f'irst solo , nnd his ambition is to be a flight instruct.or. Fourth - SJU.rJEL HU TCP.PIS , 20 , ti hours dual , o. JW1ior nt Georgia. Tech whei·o he is r.injorint; ill. 1J~chanicnl Enr;inc1;.;ring; . Sammy is o. member of tho Tech swinu.'lint; team . Fifth - HENRY TOt:KIN , 20 , 8 hours dual , wc.s gr:tdnntod from the Uni vers:i. ty of lliru:ii with o. dee;ruc in Physics ; o. member of Pi Kappa. Alpha frat0rni ty; ond ~s Ct1pto.in of tho U of M golf team . When he completes his o.viatjon training, Tonkin will mu.ke o. try for job o.s r.;etcorologist with tho U.S. Army Air Corps . (Ed ' s Note : Nice copy, Tollll'nie ! And what Tom didn ' t tell you is that he ,just c;ot n promotion frol"l. th .... M-:.micipn.l stock room to the Purchasing dcpartnent down in the 1~ain Office . He was replaced at IJunicipal by John Gewinner .

AT CARLSTROM FIELD Dale De l an ty

The swimming pool nr;ain took its toll . This time for reasons ~atrDJonial .

Seer.is as if Carol House in the pur­chasing dcpartncnt went off' and got narried , vory, very quietly . Enraged at the moatly executed coupe , Lydia and Del zoll Sru:~ons , ?fozol Cross , and Statia Dozier cnught him the next; day , and forthwith tossod him in . Just a vmrning , gents , - don ' t leuvo nny old flames flickering !

* * * Distinguishod visitor at Carlstr om last Wecln1;;sdo.y wus JJrs . Duff of Clewiston , Florido. . Mrs . Duff , who was the guest of Boss :.ind Mrs . Riddle is the wife of thG founder of Cl~~liston as it is today .

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The la\1gh this week goes to Sr;t . Dailey, none other . The way we heard it was tho.t the Sgt . and n local dnnsel fnir were studying the stars a.nd lunar effects one night on a side rand . ~'lhen the time crune to leave , tho csr dove loped starter trouble , /") and as it is one of those brand new jobs ( that isn ' t equipped with a crank , Dailey ~ · was forced to vm.lk for help . Upon returning O ~' to the scene , the good Sgt . was more tho.n a ~ little vrorricd, owine; to th13 fa.ct that se.id new automobile was nowhere to be seen. Upon ~ searchin{; over a wide o.rea , he found tho.t, /]; ..._. in some 1umncr or other, the young lady had _..._ . l_} herself ma.naGcd to start the cur and nego- :. . tintc tho return hone. \,

* * ,.. ti With the arrival of the first contingent of new British Cadets for flight training co.r.ie the announcenents of further pror.iotions down the line . Sterling Car.tdcn has replaced Tom Gates as flight cor.unander of "C" flic;ht , the. upper class . Tom has advo.nced to Sto.ge Commander in chargo of "D" o.nd "E" flights, with Roscoe "Cur ley" Br inton o.nd Gordon Mougey a:; flir;ht com.'llandcrs . Brooks Harper and " Boots" Frantz a.re the new o.ssistunt flight conw.itmdcrs . G. Tyson is flie;ht co~"".landcr and Fr ed Hunziker nssistnnt coromo.ndcr of the r cmo.ining flic;ht .

THE CADETS CORNER By British Cadet Every

Mail fror:i. Englo.nd has been more nunerous this week nnd from what I hear , the situation at ho!!le is all quiet with little bombing; and good weather. One l etter spoke with envy of the f r uit we must be obtaining in Florido. o.nd many cadets ure instituting inquiries as to tho possibility of send­ing some homo. If they succeed , sonebody in England is Going to gain overnight popularity if they possess o. co.se of orunges .

Prepnr a.l;ions are in full swing to rccei vc the ncv: bo.tch of C'idcts and by the weok ond they will have arrived at Carlstrom. Many of the newcomers will perhaps be known to the present class arid under snch circumstances they will soon feel at hor:i.e in thci:- no\': quarters .

The American class loft on Saturday :.:~id speeches and a rc11l sense of

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ret;ret for they were a. splendid bunch . Mr . Harrison, tho British cadet captain, wo.s t;i ven n presento.tion by the American captain, Mr . Davis, in Jthe dining hall . He received it with becoming modesty and emburnssnent· nnd is believed to be preparing a similar dainty gift as n token of hiu re&ard to the cadet who will be his successor . A suggestion has been mnde that the trophy Mr . Davis presented be kept and handed on ns a lov­inb cup to be inscribed and held by the captain of the cadets .

• .. * STUFF AND THINGS

V/hile Winchell sleops- - - Flig,ht instructor Chuck ZeeJT1an taking a sudden change of pace- brunette to blondo .---All the British Cadets singing "It'!': e.. long way to Sarasota" to the tune of " It's a long wa.y to Tipperary". --· Yo Ed , dropping over for a visit and stoalin£ all our copy .

AND THE FLAG WILL FLY! Our requAst for designs for the Embry­Riddle flag hv.vo brought forth excellent rasults , - first entry recoivud in this contest crone from Spanish instructor Philip d~ la Rosa , tho noxt from Melvin Clanton nnd Carl Sedlme.yr , Tech School students, and the third ontry crune from

.·.~ "/J Jimmie Ross , in the drafting and mimeo :~,::: .. · dcpa.rtncnt . J . A. J.icShano , chief of the

.-::rv·::: Aircraft depa.rbr.ent is working on a ··~:{:f.fF design, as is Ray Fuhrinr,or in the visual

.~~:::t:~~·:.··· education depo.rtment up at R.A. I ., Ca.rl ­stron Fi old . Also , w0 nre o;...--pecting o. very good entry from Janet Leighton , nevr flight student at Municipal Bnso, - Jo.n is an art student and should turn in somt:l ­thing pretty ncnt . Anyono clae with a flnir for design or a good idea, get busy , you still have o.bout a woek to get your Flnc Contost ontries in to the Fly Po.per Editor .

* * * MORE OFFICIAL APPROVAL

Tech division got some mo~e pretty certificates f r om Washington ,- thic time it ' s the official npproval of the Tech School as an Aircraft Repair Station, with J . A. McShane appointed a.s the inspector for tho station.

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At this wri'ting we hnve 9 airplanc.s in tr.o sho. for ov rha•Jl nnd ropnirs .

And speaking o: 1.cShane , he was :-ecent.ly appo"nted as tlc off.i.c · n1 in­spector for the Aero In:rnrnnce Undor.1ri tors from Palla Boo.ch to Koy W st . lt ' s his job to inspoct the plo..nos boforo ins'Jrunc<? will be is:::uod, Oke.y all cha.ne;c of oquiprwnt and nppr aiso dElmo.e;o fo1· the insurunce coI!lpr.ny in tho ovont of u losG . Nico t;oint; , Mnc !

ALU 1NI CLUB NEWS Bud Belland, Secret a ry

Lots of Alul'!Uli Club now:l this woe~- , arid wo lead off with tl10 l ttcrs f r ora SAM LIGHTHOLDER , up in Flonl Cl.!. Po.rk , N·~ Jorsoy, v;ho sent us o co11ple of illustrated Saf'oty Thoughts ,- \ tf!!}. \h<2 w1na-SocK

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T\-'le wise b1~d a nevec<.. f\ 1es I ni:.o 1+ " -

ln his first letter , Sam tells that ne hns applied i'or the U. S . Army Air Cor pe , und the second letter is a littl~ sad,-they told him ho was color blind , but beliovu us , lh was nov~r confused botweon a blond , br 1motto and r 1;d- hcnd , oh, Sam ! P.owovcr , Se.nmy says he thinks h i s "color blind­nuss " wns duo to a long drivo in the Gun just befor e ta.king h i s physical nnd he is goin~ to t r y for tho Naval Air Corps this woek . Good Luck , to you , Sam ! '* '" • A lettur from graduate Li ut . Ilayr-.ond L . Parker, no\7 at Canp Clniborne , Louisin.nn , written in n " darned hospital bed . " he hat! an attack of b r onchi tis , but is 4"celi~g v:ell enou£;h nm" to com::ient cm tho looks of the nurses . As soon us he is out or tho hospital , he will be o.ssign1,,;d to tempor ary d •ty v1ith the Air Corp~ as an observcr , - this he likes , und ur.ites to o.sl .. if v:o knou how l e cnn be transf arr <.'ld to pon:w.ncnt duty ui th Ai r Co r ps . Could be , Ro.y . We ' ll sec wlnt cun bo do:::ie about it .

Abb Chitwood writes to Art Barr from 524 Franklin Avenue , Essex, (Balti­more) l~d . , telling that he arrived in Baltimore ,on 'Vednesde.y l.l.nd \1cnt to \•,ork for Glen L . Martin on Thursday, " I think any man who comes up here prepar ed to tako a job \•:ill be hi r od . Pl1,,;o.se t 11 any of th boyz if I

· can bo of holp to them by giving them information or in any other ~-ny, I

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would be more thun gl!ld to do so . In fact , tl.0:1 st.and a good chimce of omploynont by merely writing dirvct to the Glen L. Martin Company ut Balti.mor(.; , "st!lting th1)ir q\t~lificntions .''

* * * A postal curd from ENSIGN JOE NEISE.t~ , a.t the folk , Va .,- "Virginin Beach is a. c;re1.1t plnce •vhen getting pnid for same . Carry on Slo.ve .

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U.S. No.vo.l Mine School , Nor­to loaf and plny, especially

Oh , yeah, Joe? Vlc ' ll write

to Roosevelt about that ! * * *

A long , lone; letter from Cadet PAUL V. ERWIN , Cadet Barrncks #=713, Na.val Air Station, J~cksonville , Fla., telling all ~out the place . And can you il'!agine ,- rit;ht next door to him is ALLAN RIHGBLCOLl , our old pal on the Pr imary CPTP at Municipal! P . V. ' s letter is too long to publish here , but ho does say "hello" to all the gnng . Anyone interostod in this letter , nnd it ' s worth rcncling, mn~r soe the sar.H3 ot tho Muin Offico ,- o.nd wo 'd suf;r::est some of tho l'1ds writing to P. V. to cl11:HJ?' him up u bit until he gets usod to his n1:.vw surroundings.

* • * Another letter was from KARL E. VOELTER, Captain in charge or tho U.S. Marine Flyiuf; Corps out ut Opn-Locku ,-who is not nn Embry-Riddl~ crt-ld, but iisks to

_....,,. ... cone into the column tts one of tho first _.;..-~~~~L;·~· "old timers " around tho Miami t.1·on . He

tells about the days back in 1929 when Curti s -"fright sent hi.ra to take charge of their ne,·; hango.r u.t lJunicipo.l and the 10 new elo.nos they had ther e for passen­sers (?) ••• " his first Sunday ' s total business ho.ppon0d late in tho after noon when a Ford full of barefooted "Cro.cker s "

cume out to " look" at tht:i, nlryplo.nos" ••• tlunl instruction wns $36 . 00 nn hour in tho so da~rs , but mnny of those t r ainees ure now Cuptnins on Pan Ar.terico.n nnd Eo.st~rn Air Lin~s ••••• So.ys c~ptain K:.r l , ,, I didn I t intend me.king this lett~r so lonc;,--but somu of us who puc-hod plnnos nround in the old days cnn ' t help but r cminisco occasionally ••• Evory good luck to the FLY PAI'ER ••• !lnd to tho students of Er\br y- Riddle , '\lot of whom we hnve tnken through service training horti in Opa.- Locka. , nnd nll , so fa.r r.s I lmow are doing wcl l."

Vnn Buri;in got a letter from NELSON MILLER , ex Embry-Riddle instructor now :t C . A. A. Goncro.1 Inspector cmd living a.t Apnrtm~.mt #3 , 707 S. Berna.rd ,

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(Ed Hori 1 cot1\.inu• <l from pu.gr. ?. )

rtsk a po.rt- tiino line boy how he is r,ett.ing filont; , o.nd rt.;c.l ly ba sincerc> in his intorest; o.nd he 1 s ncr..:essible to nnyono in th'l orc;anl 1.:d:.5 nn viho wo.nts to sue hir.. True, you !T'a.y ha.vo to wult u bit , but the point is . you CAH sco hiu, no tine is t-,oo early or too lflte, - ho'll talk ~o yCJ11,

o..'l<l listen to your ideas . It ' s a losson v:. can all h cd,- prm::pt a.ttc>n­t:on to every d'tuil mnko~ bic successes . And that's an orchid the Boss df''"'.rvos , whcth1;r he wants it or not !

(AlUJ11.!1i .3poknnc , ;·hshincton . Nels y u , Helson !

* * ,. N vrn contil'.'uud frorr. p'l[O 18) 50.ys hello to all the boys •

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And I!ello back at

~Q\ ICE[ U1HVERS ITY OF UIAf~I STUDEllTS OR GRADS ViORKWG FOR El~BRY-RIDDLE

The University of MiUJ"li has requested that we cor.ipilc o. lis-l; of all U of g students or (;Tfld•1ate~ now working for; Enbry- Riddl e . 'ilill you , thore­f.lre , plno.se rn1.ke a written report to your departncnt head , showinc the y<'lr in which :,rou graC.uatcd, and with who.t degree; or , if not t:rnr.luated , y ur prt}::..ont status in the University o.nd the subject in which yru a.re

u \0rir.r ,- tor:etliP.r with n note of your ca.pncity with the Embry- Riddle C">npf'_py . Th dopurt!"lnnt hl;o.ds will ploo.sl sond this infomation to J..~r .

G,, n·c;<1 Wl'.r•C'l<'r us soon o.s possible ,

NEW I IFE ON THE aovr ..... rna TE.AlIB $f v .r11l tddi ti,,ns to the; b >.ling tea.ns last Thursday vening e.t thfl Lucky S._rikf Dn;·1l i all<'ys , -Jn PY0.TT, " neu student at Tecl1 q1ialificd f'0r n plo.c: hy roll i. tr.r• .... E o:> ! (;!lr(..S, while, JCJrH;IE CAhR TTHERS quulific.d for the Pil">t"' ' t run , wi tla ;. s<:'or tl}l].t sh'">uud C')nstont ir.tpr">vcront ns h(.. l< <\rn0d tc) k<.":> b<tc1 , of ~;he frml lin<c . lncid.mt'\lly, wo still neci:l somemarc r )d bowlPr q•tflli"ied for thG Filot's tcan,- nnd in en.so yon didn ' t Ir.row, tl.a.t t.eur is upon to anv pilot , sbdent or instructor, flyin£ v·P·h &.bry­~iudlo . i'fo' 1 l ikP. t 1 so n r student pilo+,s ou'; thP.ra Th irsd'ly c·vcn.inc c.t 8 :00 . A•1 J""t !'orrct. , lh .... re's abolt ~5')0 . 00 prizo roney i'1 this li.:"l{;ue ,-\,itli :1>th 0

"'"L£'. for last placo ! Tech "HOn .. hroc f;Ct"nCS , by d rnult , nnd the Pilots l~~t thrc~ hurd llnos to l~c Ico Crusnd~rs . Our scores '~ re : TECI: - J . fyott 187 140 161 PILOTS a~~ 1&6 153 -- I Laci"'lu.k- - 153155 Tir sl<>~' 1?9 183 137- Carr 1th rs lOo J . C'ro.v·r\y 137 l4G 122 Gibbons 9o 100 11€ 10.:> 120 D. "l tsl n 80 -- --BCJb Royce 155 139 152- Gurcin,o.bsnnt B Hand 140 119 1G3

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~DAY, AMERICA IS AIR-MrNDEOI PROBAB~~ NO I tlDUSTRY OF HRS GREATER OPPORTUH 1 ..

TIES TO THE 1RAIFED MAH THAii AVIATION.

NEW A I RP LAN ES ARE Tlif: ORDER OF THE DAY.

t-ll LLI OHS ARE BE I HG SPENT FOR BOTH MI l-

1 T ARY ANO NON-MILITARY AIRPLANES.

TO !'ROOUCE THlSE NEW Al RPLAl·ES, rnou­S~NDS OF TRAINED MEN ARE NEEDED - AIR­

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rou CAN GET THIS NECESSARY TRAINING­RIGHT IN MIAMI - DON'T OE.LAVI INVESTI­GATE TODAY!

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